Get Started With: Learn to Play Flatpicking Fiddle Tunes

Fiddle tunes are not only great fun to play, as evidenced by their popularity at festival jam sessions worldwide, they are also great exercises in basic alternating picking, a technique that must be mastered to play fluid leads in many styles of music. The simple structure and steady stream of eighth notes in fiddle tunes allows you to concentrate on developing a smooth, even picking motion that will soon become second nature.